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DAILY TIMCS-ENTERPRIM THOMASVILLE, GEORGIA
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, QECEMBER 13, 1922.
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tUOtCBlTPION PAYABLE IN'aB-
PHONE NUMBERS:—
Mrs. Santa Claus,
THE OPENING WEDGE
has only 6 per cent, widely distribu-
ted.
It l> rather • peculiar thin, that j . Tb , United S ute< haa been eingu.
county fairs are dependant on carni
val*. Yet this seems to be the gen
oral Impression, and not one of the
fairs that we have noted this year, or
In the past few years, perhaps, has
been held without a carnival.
This Is the only wedge that seems
open for carnival attractions. They
can get into almost any town on the
fair plea and their licenses are usually
revoked for the occasion. They stimu
late the fair Itself, say promoters, and
addition provide funds
free amusement that cannot be pro
•lded in any other way.
larly free from recorded seism»
disturbance, perhaps the
trous being in 1811, when a very
severe shock occured in the Mississi.
ppi Valley south of the Ohao, which
was felt in New York in one direct
ion and in the West Indies in another
This earthquake changed the face of
the earth. A vast extent of land
sunk, lakes were formed, and <
the course of the Mississippi River
was obstructed for a time.
"Most of the earthquakes occu*.
ing of late years can hardly be clas-
well as 8e( * with the great ones of history,
nearly all of the destruction being
caused by uncontrollable fires. In
the more stable zones long periods
anyway?
Yet these carnivals are anything but' may elapse between shocks as for
clean. We haven’t seen one In a long instance, in Kingston, Jamaica, 218
time, but Judging from comments years intervened,
made by Impartial newspaper observ | " The cause of earthquake* and
... , , i volcanoes is an elusiveproblem, not
i, they carry a lot of very undesin • . . .. . _ . ..
the scientists. Tremors of the earth
able and unworthy equipment. consist mlly be c „ uscd by many tb ; n( , 5 . Tbe
Ing mainly of the so-called conces- explosion of mines, falling in of
i. where gambling In a mild form caves, slipping of rock strata, and
perhaps, but nevertheless gambling. Is m “ n >' ot,M!r moremente of ' he Mrth
., . „ may cause them; but for the great
the chief attraction. shocks which have recurred almost.
It Is a very significant thing to 5 j nce the history of the world began
think about, the fact that a county fair we must look further,
can’t be a success unless there Is a "Though many times there ceems
lot of worthless and totally depraved t® be an intimate connection between
A miracle it seemed to os then, and
as I look back through the years It
seems doubly miraculous now.
"Undoubtedly our safety was due
to the des’:;n of th esh'p -hici per
mitted the vfcter to run off the deck
about as :t would trim a n- f t i-t
floating plvjk
"The ship was swept o« rap'd 1/
for a time, hut after a while the mo.
tion ceased, and, lowering a lantern
over the side, we found oa-'‘elves on
shore, but where, vs knew not.
Smaller wavts washed about us far a
time, but jiciently the* ceased.
"The morning sun broke on a
scene of dsioi/ition seldom witn
We fou td i .'fives high and dry
little cove, or rather indentation in
the coast-line. We had been carried
the «
, , , . . ,, „ . „ „ earthquakes and volcanoe*, the law
When strong drink and weak man concessions operating along a midway j . . . .
wiicn *■ regarding them has not been es-
get together it makes a devlL j or something of the kind. There can’t , tablished- Some rema rkable coin-
jbe anything but an effort to get busi- cidences have been observed in late
Subsidies might be extended to ■ ness for a worthy institution through years. The terrible cataclysm of
newspapers with good results also. unworthy efforts and methods. j Mount Pelee, which, on May «, 11102,
newspspe a * almost insUntly killed 30,000 In-
. | We have mile .ympalby with .ny , b , bita „ te „„ precceded by tb , „ rtb
Make it a happy Christmas for us|g amb ilng device, especially when It is quake wbich in j anuary and Apr j]
all by doing your trading all at home, masking under the protection of ths 0 f the same year wrecked a number
(law, where there should be no such‘of cities in Mexico and Guatemala,
'protection, even for local and purely lo-’ distance between these pointa
dred years too soon, some or them at, , . „ is at least 2,000 miles showing how
cal gains. It Is almost as if the fair paid .’..*.
least I deep-seated must have been the tlis-
0 th « carnival to bring In gambling do turbance( if> as haa been suggested,
Music by radio is quite a relief; vices and run them free, so the fair there was communication between
you don’t bare to look at that facial would be a success from a standpoint them. The great San Francisco
contortion. of admissions. Fairs are fine thing! earthquake was preceded only two
i. . . _ . . . . days by one of the most violent
“ — but should not be dependent on carnl- ' . , , ., ,
1 eruptions of Vesuvius recorded in
vals and the sooner we recognize that many year8
fair with a carnival is better than j "it is also a significant fact that
la fair with a carnival, the more the fuming island off the coast of
keep certain will we have contributed to a Alaska, called Bogoslof No. 3, ap-
I . . . , .... peared at almost the same time. A
> lm*.spirit that should be cast against this .. . ... ... . . ,
I * revenue cutter, visiting this island,
| form of embyro g.mbliog on, game, w „ astonished , 0 „ e , b „ u,, moa „.
of chance, as well as too frequently tain, or hill, some 400 feet high, on
other and even more objectionable the island,' had disappeared, and in
gtunta jits place a bay had been formed.
Soundings showed a depth of from
-o ! 8 to 25 fathoms of water.
Happy Is the girl who Is given away j BUSINESS PICKING UP “The greatest of recent volcanic
hr her dad and not hr some of those ' . . •. . . disturbances which blew the top off
uy our u«u mu uui uj ui | The D epar t m ent of Labor announces . „ . . , , ... .
rh-irital.lv inclined . . ... i of Mount Katmni i n Alaska and gav
charitably Inclined. , that during th. na»t month. Novom.;.... ;tb< WMlderflll Valley of
? latest books (
Flattery goes a long way but It,
•ften takes you too far In the wrong
direction.
The famous singer who can
the wolf from the door ought
port a saxophone.
The Christmas Savings Clubs In this
country have been mlghtly welcome
additions to business.
nearly two miles inland. The
had carried us over the sand dunes
bordering the ocean, across a valley ;
>vcr the railroad track, leaving
the foot of the seacoast range
of the Andes. On the nearl yperpen-
dicular front of the mountain oui
ator discovered the marks of
tidal wave, and, by measurements,
it to have been 47 feet high,
including the comb. Had the
carried us 200 feet further,
would inevitably have bee n dashed
to pieces against the mountain-side."
Several of the local High stars
played their last game yesterday af
ternoon for the local school, and they
more than wound up affairs in a
llant fashion.
RAILROAD SCHEDULES
rrlval and departure of paaaangar
(Trains North, East and 8out
Thomasvllla opsrats on Eastern Standard
Tima, which la ths asms as Barnet*
Tima In Osorgla. Trains Wsot af T
savins opsrats on Central Standard '
ATLANTA, BIRMINGHAM A ATLANTIC
RAILWAY
(Pullman Sleeping Cars)
1:60 am Btrmtagham-Atlanta 7:20 pro
ATLANTIC COABT LINE RAILROAD
Arrives Laavaa
2:20 am tav'h-Jax-Montg'y 1:27 am
2:23 am Montg*y.Sav*h-Jax S:30 am
S-.10 pm Thoa'vllla-Sav’h 6:25 am
* I The Department of Labor announces
| that during the past month, Novem- j b jrt b
Breaking the law to punish law- j ber - there waa a great enlargement of Ten Thousand Smokes was preceded
breakers is a dangerous proposition work,n * forces ,n man T Industrial and and accompanied by a series of se-
for anybody to Uckle. commercial plants of all kinds, m vere earthquakes.”
tor ouyoouy to Admiral Billings described the
o fact It was the largest increase noted I ^. , , , , .
The clay treatment for the face Is aInce tha {lrst of , h year and jndlcat- whIch he 8aw at
since me nrst or me year ana inaicat | Ar j ca tben j n p eru> Bome years ag0 .
not as dirty as some of the refined ed not onIy that Christmas trade was He was an officer of the U. S. S.
methods now In rogue. J brisk, but that general business Is ‘ "Wateree" which was anchored in
showing a material increase. Jthe harbor at Arica at the time of the
. ThU will be good new, for It h„
"Sometime after the initial tre-
| token, a greater demand, and that la ] mor ,- be wro te, "the Sea receded
o-. I the most significant sign of prosperity ' until the shipping was left stranded
Europe doesn’t lore us, but that Is tbat any country knows. The experts ! while as far to seaward as our vision
not because of what we didn’t do. but hav0 been predicting that the business lwou,d reach - we 8aw the rock y bot *
because ol what wa won't do. ' | nt „e.t. of the countr. .r. .nfn.l.nt, I t0 ™ of tt * nc ’" b ' ,orc ,
to human gaze, with struggling fish
Co-operative marketing Is one of the "
Reducing is the most strenuous
treatment that some folks
tempt for themselves.
ways pays a handsome dividend.
» sufficient-
8 < I®8 r ® e ®1 and monsters of the deep left high
many forms of co-operation that al- 8tlmu,a tl®a with all of the protective and dry. The round-bottomed ships
and subsidizing measures that have keeled over on their beam ends,
besa thrown around them. If the whI,e th ® 'Wateree* rested easily on
The follow that alwan play, fair art true wa mar ret ren a her n<,or - lik * bottom l * nd wb ' n lb '
. .... .. - returning sea, not like a wave, but
I, tha on, that ,'t, th, most out o! lalrly decent h.r»e.t (rum the lnjuo „ th „ llke , normoul tid* can..
and unfairness of the taxation sweeping back, rolling our unfortu.
' that has been imposed on the masses ' nate companion ships over and
life and is the most to his friends.
The Scotchman that <
this
country ami rnuMn’t rinA an* of the through the unnecessary leavi ng some bottom up and others
country and conlda t find any Scotch. ^ ^ ^ ^ „, m.,,e, „f ^eck.gc, th. -Water.,'
felt that this was a rum country.
i the price of
th. hoceultle, of llfo. It l, an 111 .onhar^d.'
the tossing waters
The guy that doesn’t get a tie and, wind that blows nobody good.
a pair of socks for Christmas may : o
Indeed consider himself one of the) EARTHQUAKE8 AND TIDAL
forlorn of esrth. j WAVE8.
"From this moment the sea seemed
to de.y the laws of nature. Currents
ran in contrary directions, and we
were borne here and there with a
irregular intervals the earthquake
Babe Ruth admits he likes fsrmisg. | A single graphic example of what !*P ccd w e could not have equaled had
it he will never make as much out' a tidal wave in Chile can do is pro-
’ it as be did out of one of his numer-. ...
is home runs can nnVn °* Ilcer ’ durin 8 a similar
'upheaval, when his vessel was carried
n.mpaey uy, b, wiTtlght any mao lhre<! raUe * up the COMt . tw » mile.
GRAND
ONE NIGHT
75 c, $1.00, $1.50
Seats on Sale Wednesday
Ingram Drug Store
Wanted
Bright young lady
to act as cashier.
Must have knowl
edge of Stenography
—Answer only by
letter, stating quali
fications, reference
and salary expected.
The Fair
CHEAP EXCURSION
TO ATLANTA
VIA
A. B. &A.RY.
ROUND TRIP
$5.50 55.50
From Thomasville
Tickets sold for special train,
leaving 9:45 a- m. and regular
train leaving at 7:20 p. m.
Thursday, Dec. 14. Return lim
it Dec. 17th.
Additional Information from
any A. B. A A. Agent.
XMAS GIFTS
-FOR-
Falher, Brother, sad
Your Beau
Watchea $1.50 to S200.00
Belt and vest chains 75c. to 45.00
Fraternal emblems .. 1.25 to 60.00
Silver belt buckles.... 3.00 to 8.50
Pencils 1.50 to 8.00
Fountain pens 2.75 to 20.00
8leeve buttons, gold
and gold filled 75c. to 60.00
Collar buttons 25c. to 1.50
Smoking sets 4.50 to 12.50
Card cases 1.50 to 7.50
Military brushes 4.50to 12.50
Fobs .... 3.00 to 15.00
Collar phis 60c. to 2.60
Cigarette cases and holders.
Louis H. Jerger
been steaming forour lives. At
vided by the experience of an Ameri- ahocks recurred, but none of them
long-continued as the
i , h „ _ . .inland, and droped at the foot
‘ ‘ h8 W “ r ‘ d “h 0 " "° tlc » «“* «,„ of the And,, MonnUin,.
U about the only way he probably Earthquakes and tidal waves
would Uckle it. discussed in a bulletin from the
o (National Geographic Society which
Th, expectation ol low price, I, pul j ,1m quoin, from a communication
at ten years, according to the reports, 1 by the late Rear Admiral L. G. BiL
so we can Just as well start in and' ,in,f8 » whose unparalleled adventure
buy what we need. i occured tome hundreds of miles
j north of the recently devastated
Football is over for the season, but town8,
biekelbell end heiebell ere comini “ Tb,r ' 11 D0 phenomenon
ri-k, .. , . more deeply interesting and yet
rlkhl on with their quote of Ihtereet B We under,food ., the ,ei™ic di,-
aag aatanslasm. turbances which have from earliest
tl — ‘history devastated the earth and car-
Immodesty I, , foellng, uy, e note, , icd , nd d|m „ lnto „
psychologist, but he hasn’t yet sug-, hearts of all survivors," says the
gested that some of it be preserved bulletin.
ia the museums of the country. ' "L’p to 1903, it is computed by
„ ’ ! eminent scientist, Compte de BaL
The girl that powders her nose In * ore * there had been 19,782 recorded
public is not a bit worse than th* earthqnekes. Of later years, when
M. that parte hi. heir In , h . middle “°™ ." c “ r * te " cord * h * ,e b " n
w- kept, they have averaged about alx-
•eery Ume he puna e minor. tyeyear. There I, comfort to the
Tone, Sydney Lulef. .ulement " ,0,t °' th ! wor,d ^“
. _ - . t know that 94 per cent of recorded
Uat b* was drank when he married, .hocks have occured In two narrow
Ud th* proposal tor aannllment. will well-defined belts—one called the
de Be ham to tha memory of his be- Mediterranean, with S3 per cent to
Iovh Bade, whoa* name ia Imperlsh- ita an ^ * t J»® other . thw
•hie la thU couatry-i hfotory. "
first
‘‘About 8:30 p. m. the lookout haiL
ed the deck and reported a breaker
approaching. Looking seaward, wa
saw, first, a thin line of phosphores
cent light, which loomed higher and
higher until it seemed to touch the
sky; ita crest, crowned with the
death light of phosphorescent glow,
showing the sullen masses of water
below. Heralded by tha thundering!
thousand breakers c^mhin, j
ed, the dreaded tidal wave was upon
at last Of all the horrors of this
dreadful time, this seemed the worst.
Chained to tbe apot, helpless to es
cape, with all the preparations made
which human skill would suggest, we
could watch the monister wave op-
proach without the sustaining help
of action That the ship could rids
through the massea of water about
overwhelm us sesmed impossible.
We could only grip tha life-line and
wait the coming caatrophe.
"With a crash our gallant snip
is overwhelmed and buried deep
beneath a semi-solid mass of sand
and water. For a breathless eternity
submerged; thsn. groaning
in every timber, the staunch old
‘Wateree’ struggled again to tha anr.
face with her gasping eraw still • ting
ing to th* life-lines—some few seri
ously wounded, braised, and battered
killed; not even one missing
LOOK! LISTEN!
CONSIDER!
Beef, Pork and
Sausage
are cheaper now than
last year. Our stock is
the best; our market is
absolutely sanitary; our
price is as low as good
service and good food
can be sold.
PHONE 52
If you are not perfectly
satisfied with your pres
ent market service, try
us one time. That is all
we ask.
EDDIE LEWIS
Hat Cleaning Work*
Ladles, Men and Children
We have the equipment, expei^
lence and a desire to please.
322 WEST JACKSON 8T.
Yon Are Lncky
If you pees through life with
out toss of time or property—
TAKE A
Fire Policy
Health and Accident
Policy
for your protection.
A Life Policy
to protect your family.
W.MTParker
Cocoa, in qt. jars ... 25c
Salad Dressing, bottle 10c
Government Cora Beef
Hash, f-lb. 10c
Queen Olives, 7-oz.
bottle f5c
Large size Cocoanuts,
each lOe
J. R. EVANS
Phone 128
J. F. PITTMAN
Dealer 4n
MILK COWS
J. F. PITTMAN
Victory Bonds
From A to F have been called for re
demption December 15th
We will be glad to make exchange, or sell these
bond, for our friends, if advised immediately.
Citizens Banking & Trust Co.
THOMASVILLE, GA.
Buy a
and Spend the difference
<§&rc£>
SERVICE
What It Really Means
It means Genuine Ford Parts,
50 per cent of which retail for
less than 10 cents. It means a
Repair Shop where expert Ford
Mechanics perform the work.
It means giving Honest, Cour
teous, Prompt attention to the
Ford Owner’s every need.
It means to constantly supply
you with a Ford Service that
will make you and keep you an
enthusiastic member of the
great Ford family.
We ore Authorized Ford Dealera.
We can supply you with any pro
duct the Ford Motor Co. makes.
THOMASVILLE SALES CO.
Authorized Sales and Service
Next Door Neighbors
Through our banking-by-
mail plan every patron of this
bank is one of our next door
neighbors.
Without leaving home, depos
itors can communicate with
us regarding banking or fin
ancial matters, make deposits
or withdrawals; in short,
transact all their banking bus
iness.
We are always glad to wel
come you personally but
when you can’t come to the
bank, use the mails.
Bank of Thomasville
Daalgnatad Depository • f Stats of Georgia, County of Thorn**
and City of Thomaevlllo.